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By Amat JENG It was about an hour-and-quarter before we entered a new chapter of our lives – September 2012, which will never rebound until the characters in this magnum opus part with the World. Here, in the heart of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, yet still the debate is going on the radio, TVs and even on the internet about the current state of affairs unfolding in The Gambia. The providence of the volatile peace between The Gambia and sister Senegal is hanging in the balance of probability, as Senegal is pulling up shocks to ensure the discontinuity of the latest fist that Jammeh punches on their faces, following the news of the executions of nine prisoners including two Senegalese nationals, Tabara Samba, who was on death row for killing her husband, and Djibril Ba respect...

by Amat JENG http://www.mediarevolution-amat.blogspot.com The Minister of Tourism and Culture of The Gambia has appreciated the trend of the tourism sector saying it is undergoing “tremendous transformation”, despite the turbulence in the global economy, exacerbated by political turmoil in some parts of the Middle East, North Africa and in the Sahel. Minister Fatou Mas Jobe-Njie was speaking during the recent Ecowas Tourism Ministers’ Summit hosted by The Gambia at the Kairaba Beach Hotel in Kololi, where she said “this tremendous transformation” came as a result of the dynamic changes at the global level, which has necessitated the adoption of certain reforms at both global and national levels to meet the challenges and stay competitive. The global economic meltdown coupled...